Shashidhara Mecha Kotian

Designation: 

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Professional Experience: 

Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus : June 2015 to December 2019

Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, NITK : December 2019 - till date

Contact Details

E-mail: 

shashikotian@nitk.edu.in

Alternate E-mail: 

shashikotian@gmail.com

Telephone: 

+91-9008418124
Academic Background

• Ph.D. NITK Surathkal, 2015.
• M.Tech. NITK Surathkal, 2010.
• B.E. NITK Surathkal, 2006.

Areas of Interest

Power system dynamics

Supervision of Ph.D

On-going : 2

Significant Publications
Journals
 
1) Shashidhara M. Kotian and K. N. Shubhanga, “Performance of synchronous machine models in a series-capacitor compensated system,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 1023-1032, May 2014.
2) Sreenadh Batchu, Shashidhara M. Kotian, and K. N. Shubhanga, “A simulation based analysis of SSR with TCSC,” The journal of Electrical Engineering (Politehnica publishing house, Romania), vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 15-22, December 2013.
3) Shashidhar M.K, Sreenad Batchu and Shubhanga K.N., “Subsynchronous Resonace through Torsional mode Interactions: An Analaysis,” The Journal CPRI, India, Vol. 9, No.1, pp.89-96, March, 2013.
 
Conference(s)
 
1) D. R. Karthik, Shashidhara Mecha Kotian and Narayan S Manjarekar, "An Accurate Method For Steady State Initialization of Doubly Fed Induction Generator",IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), 2-5 January, 2022, Trivandrum, Kerala, pp 1-6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGRE52268.2022.9715802.
 
2) D. R. Karthik, Shashidhara Mecha Kotian and Narayan S Manjarekar, "A Direct Method for Calculation of Steady-state Operating Conditions of a Doubly Fed Induction Generator", 9th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), December 16-18, 2021, IIT Kharagpur, pp 1-6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPS52420.2021.9670376.
 
3) D. R. Karthik, Shashidhara Mecha Kotian and Narayan S Manjarekar, "Steady-state Initialization of Doubly Fed Induction Generator Based Wind Turbine Considering Grid Side Filter", 13th IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power & Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 21-23 November, 2021, Trivandrum, Kerala, pp 1-6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC50844.2021.9687687
 
4) D R Karthik and Shashidhara Mecha Kotian, “Initialization of doubly-fed induction generator wind turbines using noniterative method,” IEEE International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS) 2019, MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, December 2019. 
 
5)Jaychandran Padayasi and Shashidhara Mecha Kotian, “Design of supplementary excitation damping controller for mitigation of subsynchronous resonance,” IEEE International Technical Conference (TENCON) 2019, Kochi, Kerala, October 2019.
 
6) Shashidhara Mecha Kotian and K. N. Shubhanga, “Analytical design of static VAR compensator-based subsynchronous damping controller,” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Computing & Control (PICC 2018), Trichur, India, January 2018.
 
7) Shashidhara Mecha Kotian and K. N. Shubhanga, “Large-signal performance of synchronous machine models in power systems,” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES 2016), Trivandrum, India, December 2016. 
 
8) Shashidhara Mecha Kotian and K. N. Shubhanga, “Design of a subsynchronous damping controller using a dynamic phasor-based model of TCSC,” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Power & Energy Systems: Towards Sustainable Energy (PESTSE 2016), Bangalore, India, January 2016. Received "M. H. Rashid" Best Paper Award.
 
9) Shashidhara Mecha Kotian, Adharapurapu Hema Latha and K. N. Shubhanga, “A toy model to understand subsynchronous resonance and real-time simulation of the model using RTAI-Linux,” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Communication and Computational Technologies (ICCICCT 2015), Kanyakumari, India, December 2015. Received Best Paper Award.
 
10) Shashidhara Mecha Kotian and K. N. Shubhanga, “Dynamic phasor modelling and simulation,” Proc. of 12th IEEE International India Conference (INDICON 2015), New Delhi, India, December 2015.
 
11) MK Shashidhara and KN Shubhanga, “Performance of power system stabilizers in a fixed series capacitor compensated system,” Proc. of IEEE International India Conference (INDICON 2011), BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India, December 2011.
 
12) MK Shashidhara and KN Shubhanga, “Some aspects of power system stabilizer performance in subsynchronous resonance study,” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, IIT Madras, India, December 2011.
Achievements

1) "POSOCO Power System Award" awarded by Power System Operation Corporation Limited and Foundation for Innovation & Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi under the Doctoral category for the year 2016.
2) Awarded Gold Medal in M.Tech (Power and Energy Systems).
3) Received Best paper awards at the international conference: 02

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